Project2020
24 Jul 2003, 07:47 PM
Summer of 2004 or summer of 2005 and beyond.
5 teams: (4 locked)
1) MLS All-Stars
2) Premier Champion
3) La Liga Champion
4) A-Series Champion
5) Europe Club Champion (if it is the same team as 2-4, then the fifth spot can go to South America Club Champion.
each teams play 4 games. The 2 teams with most points at the end of 4 games will play in the FINAL for $10 million, second place $ 2.5 million. This way, it is no longer an exhibition. Furthermore, it could serves as pre-season for those teams like it is now.
A total of 11 games will be played (instead of 8 games like this Summer tour).
Five different markets (2 games each) with different teams each times. So for example, Seattle is one of the site, it will have a game between 1 vs. 2, and 4 vs 3 (or something like this). Two games at a particular venue will lower the cost of operation. For example, a local TV station reported that it costed ChampionsWorld almost 1 million dollar to replace the turf at seahawks stadium with grass.
How long? 3 weeks. July x to August X.
1) Wednesday / Thursday,
2) Saturday / Sunday. (week 1)
3) Wednesday / Thursday.
4) Saturday / Sunday. (week 2)
FINAL Sunday (week 3)
(thus for 3 teams, it only takes 2 weeks, most likely MLS All-Stars, oh..no MLS All-Stars game, these 4 games will substitue that).
Revenue:
1) tickets, parking, concession
50,000 people per game x 11 games x around 50 dollars a person spent on the game =
27,500,000 dollars
2) T.V. contract with Fox Sports World (with the FINAL showing on a Sunday on FOX) for the 11 live games in America, with broadcasting rights and selling the rights to the rest of the world, Asia, Europe, South America) I am estimating a convervative value of 11,000,000 dollars (1 million dollars for each game).
3) Sponsorship. X amount of money (I have no clue)
4) Special sponsorship. For example, NIKE can buy the name for the tour and name it NIKE INVITATION 20XX. I am guessing 8,000,000 millions dollars a year.
Total (guessing) revenue: 46,500,000 Dollars
The Cost:
FINAL winner: $10 millions.
second place: $ 2.5 millions.
each team receive 2 millions for 4 games played.
thus, 10 millions dollars.
Running the operation (Renting stadiums, tv equipment, airfares, etc, for these 11 games)
: 20 millions
(I heard that the current 8 games cost 16 millions.
Total Cost: $ 42.5 millions
****Profits: (46.5 million + X amount of sponsorship) - 42.5 millions
Seeing how huge the game was at Seattle. Reading my local newspaper from around Seattle, it was a big deal. It made front page in the NewTribune of Tacoma, even got bigger headline than the Death of Saddam's sons. It got 4 pages in the sport section from the Seattle Times on Sunday. All the news stations covered it right after the game, talking to fans as they leave the stadium.
Benifits
1) MLS-supporters Americans like me will have a team to cheer for even though it will be years before the All-Stars can make a run for the winner. The league where the tour is taking placed is represented.
2) Growing popularity of the sport in America. Great athletes might want to be a soccer player instead of a player of some other sports. Motivate current soccer players to improve so one day they can play in Europe or be in this Invitation. Exposure for the clubs that play in this invitation. This is the main goal of Man U this year, conquering the last soccer market and also the most lucrative.
3) Profits
4) It is more competition than the current exhibitions.
5) TV ratings. I am sure that the FINAL will drew at least 20 millions viewers on FOX. IF the Women world cup final drew 40 millions, why not men world-class soccer and not to mention the 10 million prize money. MLSlers will watch it. Eurosnops will watch it. MExicans will watch it. Typical Americans will watch it since it is August X, there is nothing on beside baseball, and WNBA and not to mention the oversea TV money from Asia,Europe, South America. The two finalists is almost as good if not the same or better than the two finalists in the World Cup. STars players from BRazil vs. Germany or Man U vs. REal Madrid competing for 10 million dollars, which could give the club extra money to buy players, not to mention the money that can be make by selling merchandise. (MAn u jersey 70 dollars for example)
6) Higher TV rating for FOX sports World during the invitation and afterward since more people would subscribe to the channel. Also, seeing how good world-class soccer can be, regular Americans would be more likely to watch MLS games, or games from abroad.
There are so many other benifits......(i will name them later as they occur to me, or you can list them if you like this idea and see some other benifits.
so currently, the line up would be
1) MAn U
2) mLS all stars
3) REal MAdrid
4) Juventus
5) AC Milan
10 games and a final
What do you guys think?
meaningful (10 mil) WORLD-CLASS soccer in the US with the participation of MLS, the home team as so to speak.
IT could be a yearly thing (pending WC or whatever). Giving time, it could be a tradition.
4 best club teams in the world plus the home team competing for 10 million dollars. Of course,the prize money will increase pending on the success of the invitation.
5 teams: (4 locked)
1) MLS All-Stars
2) Premier Champion
3) La Liga Champion
4) A-Series Champion
5) Europe Club Champion (if it is the same team as 2-4, then the fifth spot can go to South America Club Champion.
each teams play 4 games. The 2 teams with most points at the end of 4 games will play in the FINAL for $10 million, second place $ 2.5 million. This way, it is no longer an exhibition. Furthermore, it could serves as pre-season for those teams like it is now.
A total of 11 games will be played (instead of 8 games like this Summer tour).
Five different markets (2 games each) with different teams each times. So for example, Seattle is one of the site, it will have a game between 1 vs. 2, and 4 vs 3 (or something like this). Two games at a particular venue will lower the cost of operation. For example, a local TV station reported that it costed ChampionsWorld almost 1 million dollar to replace the turf at seahawks stadium with grass.
How long? 3 weeks. July x to August X.
1) Wednesday / Thursday,
2) Saturday / Sunday. (week 1)
3) Wednesday / Thursday.
4) Saturday / Sunday. (week 2)
FINAL Sunday (week 3)
(thus for 3 teams, it only takes 2 weeks, most likely MLS All-Stars, oh..no MLS All-Stars game, these 4 games will substitue that).
Revenue:
1) tickets, parking, concession
50,000 people per game x 11 games x around 50 dollars a person spent on the game =
27,500,000 dollars
2) T.V. contract with Fox Sports World (with the FINAL showing on a Sunday on FOX) for the 11 live games in America, with broadcasting rights and selling the rights to the rest of the world, Asia, Europe, South America) I am estimating a convervative value of 11,000,000 dollars (1 million dollars for each game).
3) Sponsorship. X amount of money (I have no clue)
4) Special sponsorship. For example, NIKE can buy the name for the tour and name it NIKE INVITATION 20XX. I am guessing 8,000,000 millions dollars a year.
Total (guessing) revenue: 46,500,000 Dollars
The Cost:
FINAL winner: $10 millions.
second place: $ 2.5 millions.
each team receive 2 millions for 4 games played.
thus, 10 millions dollars.
Running the operation (Renting stadiums, tv equipment, airfares, etc, for these 11 games)
: 20 millions
(I heard that the current 8 games cost 16 millions.
Total Cost: $ 42.5 millions
****Profits: (46.5 million + X amount of sponsorship) - 42.5 millions
Seeing how huge the game was at Seattle. Reading my local newspaper from around Seattle, it was a big deal. It made front page in the NewTribune of Tacoma, even got bigger headline than the Death of Saddam's sons. It got 4 pages in the sport section from the Seattle Times on Sunday. All the news stations covered it right after the game, talking to fans as they leave the stadium.
Benifits
1) MLS-supporters Americans like me will have a team to cheer for even though it will be years before the All-Stars can make a run for the winner. The league where the tour is taking placed is represented.
2) Growing popularity of the sport in America. Great athletes might want to be a soccer player instead of a player of some other sports. Motivate current soccer players to improve so one day they can play in Europe or be in this Invitation. Exposure for the clubs that play in this invitation. This is the main goal of Man U this year, conquering the last soccer market and also the most lucrative.
3) Profits
4) It is more competition than the current exhibitions.
5) TV ratings. I am sure that the FINAL will drew at least 20 millions viewers on FOX. IF the Women world cup final drew 40 millions, why not men world-class soccer and not to mention the 10 million prize money. MLSlers will watch it. Eurosnops will watch it. MExicans will watch it. Typical Americans will watch it since it is August X, there is nothing on beside baseball, and WNBA and not to mention the oversea TV money from Asia,Europe, South America. The two finalists is almost as good if not the same or better than the two finalists in the World Cup. STars players from BRazil vs. Germany or Man U vs. REal Madrid competing for 10 million dollars, which could give the club extra money to buy players, not to mention the money that can be make by selling merchandise. (MAn u jersey 70 dollars for example)
6) Higher TV rating for FOX sports World during the invitation and afterward since more people would subscribe to the channel. Also, seeing how good world-class soccer can be, regular Americans would be more likely to watch MLS games, or games from abroad.
There are so many other benifits......(i will name them later as they occur to me, or you can list them if you like this idea and see some other benifits.
so currently, the line up would be
1) MAn U
2) mLS all stars
3) REal MAdrid
4) Juventus
5) AC Milan
10 games and a final
What do you guys think?
meaningful (10 mil) WORLD-CLASS soccer in the US with the participation of MLS, the home team as so to speak.
IT could be a yearly thing (pending WC or whatever). Giving time, it could be a tradition.
4 best club teams in the world plus the home team competing for 10 million dollars. Of course,the prize money will increase pending on the success of the invitation.